Marguerite LeHand

Marguerite Alice Missy LeHand was private secretary to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt foryears. According to Roosevelt biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin, during FDRs presidency, LeHand became the most celebrated private secretary in the country.

LeHand was born in Potsdam, New York, to Daniel160J. and Mary160J. LeHand, who were the children of Irish immigrants. When Marguerite was young, her father, a gardener with a drinking problem, deserted the family. She had a sister, Anna, and two brothers, Daniel and Bernard. The family later moved to Somerville, Massachusetts. As a child, LeHand was struck by rheumatic fever, and Eleanor Roosevelt later stated that the disease had left her delicate and barred from strenuous exercise. She graduated from Somerville High School in 1917 and then attended secretarial school. Although she never attended college, in 1937 Rosary College recognized her professional achievements with an honorary Doctor of Laws.

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